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Polyspilota aeruginosa
Stagmomantis carolina. Stagmomantis limbata males have a green stripe that borders each side of the wings and S. carolina does not.
Hi Edgard, great spotting! This is definately a male Carolina Mantis (native species to the US). Here is one that looks just like yours:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/571728/bgi...
Polyspilota aeruginosa (Madagascan Marbled Mantis) does not occur in North America.
This would be a fantastic addition to the Marvelous Mantids of the North East mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1573...
Spotted on Oct 20, 2012
Submitted on Oct 27, 2012
